Morinish is a rural

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

in the

Rockhampton Region The Rockhampton Region is a local government area (LGA) in Central Queensland, Australia, located on the Tropic of Capricorn about north of Brisbane. Rockhampton is the region's major city; the region also includes the Fitzroy River, Mount Ar ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. In the Morinish had a population of 89 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded by the Fitzroy River to the north and west. Ten Mile Creek rises in the south-west of the locality () and flows northward through the locality where it becomes a tributary of the Fitzroy River (). The former town of Morinish is south of centre of the locality (approx ).

History

Gold was found at Morinish in 1866 with miners working in the area by December 1866, and a "new rush" being described in the newspapers in February 1867 with the population being estimated on the field as 600. The Morinish Post Office opened on 1 July 1867 and closed on 4 November 1872. There were at least three major mines in the period of 1880s to 1900s: Welcome Reef, Alliance Mine and Mount Morinish Mine. Perhaps reflecting the changing fortunes on the goldfields, schooling in Morinish was available intermittently. Morinish Provisional School opened circa 1882 and closed circa 1890. A second Morinish Provisional School opened circa 1894 and closed circa 1897, but it is not known if this was first school re-opening or a different school. In 1902 two new provisional schools opened called Morinish No 1 Provisional School and Morinish No 2 Provisional School. They were half-time schools (meaning they shared a single teacher between them). In 1915 the No 2 school was closed and the No 1 school became the full-time Morinish State School. It closed in 1928. In 1930 the school building was relocated to establish Garnant State School. Ten Mile Creek Provisional School opened in 1916 but closed circa 1917. Morinish was within the

Shire of Fitzroy The Shire of Fitzroy was a local government area located in the Capricornia region of Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia, to the immediate west and south of the regional city of Rockhampton. The shire, administered from the town of Grac ...

until 2008 when amalgamation of local government areas resulted in it becoming part of the newly created

. In the Morinish had a population of 89 people.

Notable residents

Fergus McMaster Sir Fergus McMaster (3 May 1879 – 8 August 1950) was an Australian businessman and aviation pioneer. He was one of the three founders of the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited, the airline company that became commonly ...

, one of the founders of the airline

Qantas Qantas Airways Limited ( ) is the flag carrier of Australia and the country's largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations. It is the world's third-oldest airline still in operation, having been founded ...

, was born in Morinish

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